How To Download The Google Music APK And Build Your Music Library

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about Google Music lately, but there are still those who aren’t really sure about what it is or how exactly it can push everybody’s music experience a notch higher. If you’re one of those people still scratching their heads, then this article is for you.

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Simply put, Google Music is a cloud-based service that enables you to store up to 20,000 songs for in an online locker, which can be made accessible both online and offline from your desktop, your tablet, or your smartphone. You can easily add audio collections from your hard drive, iTunes and Windows Media Player directly to Google Music, and even purchase songs from its Android Market-based store. Currently, the service has tracks from Universal Music, Sony and EMI, as well as from other independent labels, so you’re sure to have a wide array of genres to choose from. As long as you have a relatively fast internet connection, you’ll be able to stream your music without any hassle.

What’s great about Google Music is that it’s all for free – a definite advantage when compared to Apple’s locker fee of $25 a year for 25,000 songs. Users will also be treated to a free downloadable track every few days or so, which is a great way to test the service, as well as to promote music.

So now you’re probably curious as to how it works. Here are a few things you need to know in order to build your Google Music Library.

How to upload your music files from your computer

In order to do this, you must first install the Google Music Manager, which you can download here. Once done, supply your Google Account information.

You must then choose where you would like to sync your music from. Your collection will be uploaded afterwards.

Now that’s everything in Cloud, you can visit the Google Music site to view the audio files you’ve uploaded.

How to upload your music files from your Android device

To access Google Music on your Android Device, first download the APK from here. The application is intuitive; from your mobile device, you can buy, upload and manage your audio files and automatically sync them with the files on your desktop. Here are a few screen caps to give you an idea on how the app looks like.

For the time being, Google Music is only available in the US, but stay tuned for future release dates in your country.